Site Reliability Engineer

Sanderson Government & Defence; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible salary range reflecting seniority

Hybrid working and startup autonomy

Opportunity to shape platforms and engineering practices

Job summary

A leading government and defense technology firm is hiring Site Reliability Engineers to build and operate secure platforms. This role involves designing resilient cloud infrastructure and ensuring reliability and security in regulated environments. Candidates should have experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering and familiarity with cloud technologies like AWS or Azure. The position offers a competitive salary range, hybrid working, and the opportunity to shape engineering practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering roles.
• Strong cloud experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Design resilient cloud infrastructure.
• Embed reliability, automation, and security into operations.
• Work closely with platform and delivery teams to ensure high availability.

Skills

SRE, DevOps or Cloud Engineering experience

Strong cloud experience (AWS / Azure / GCP)

Hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD

Experience with observability and incident management

Security-minded approach in regulated environments

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Job description

Location: UK-based (hybrid working; London / client site as required)

Clearance: SC clearance required (or eligibility)

The Role

We’re hiring Site Reliability Engineers to help build and operate secure, highly reliable platforms supporting central government, public sector and defence programmes.

You’ll work closely with platform and delivery teams, designing resilient cloud infrastructure and embedding reliability, automation and security into everything you do.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience in SRE, DevOps or Cloud Engineering roles
• Strong cloud experience (AWS / Azure / GCP)
• Hands‑on with Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / Helm)
• Experience with observability, automation and incident management
• Security‑minded approach to engineering in regulated environments

Why Apply

• Work on high‑impact public sector and defence systems
• Flexible salary range reflecting seniority and leadership (£35–75k)
• Hybrid working and startup autonomy
• Opportunity to shape platforms, tooling and engineering practices

SC clearance eligibility is essential. Some roles may be subject to UK‑eyes only restrictions.